Swedish Meatballs

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  @bitburg40 · 3 years ago

  Sorry Bri, the Swedish folk seemed a bit fired up about cooking the meatballs in the oven so I did them in a pan with butter. I didn’t want them to send Abba over to kick my butt.😂

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  @LordBaronKing · 3 years ago

  Cooking the meatballs in the sauce is very italian/american italian. In Sweden traditionally we cook the meatballs seperately in a pan and use the fond to make the sauce, then pour the sauce on top after serving. You're absolutely correct to mix the meat into a paste, that's how it's supposed to be done. It's usually served with pressgurka (pressed cucumber, it's a kind of pickle made with essence of vinegar (ättiksprit)) and not broccoli that they apparently use in american IKEAs. Overall it's a great recipie as usual, Brian! You've made your swedish ancestors proud (Lagerström is a swedish last name).

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  @ub4real160 · 1 year ago

  Lauren was right about odd numbers being prettier, my friend is a Florist, she said they usually use odd numbers in Floral arrangements,,,,,,nice video,

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  @retrogamedreamer8761 · 3 years ago

  Great video! But as a Swede, I have to jump in with a couple of annoying comments: 1. I’ve only ever experienced meatballs being panfried (in butter) because the darkened, slightly crispy outsides are important and adds flavour, 2. Probably ok but putting the meatballs into the gravy (as you’d see with Italian meatballs placed into the tomato sauce) is never/rarely done and perhaps the most important one: 3. You missed the most amazing ingredient in a meal like this: lightly pickled thinly sliced cucumbers. They’re quite sweet in a pickle juice only light in vinegar but high in sugar. It adds freshness and balances out the whole dish. All the best from Sweden 🙌🏻

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  @JonathanStockholm · 3 years ago

  From someone who made a few thousands of Swedish meatballs: for speed place the batter in a piping bag and push “a meatball” directly into the frying pan. This method is really good if you need to do a large batch (typically around Christmas time in Sweden). Looks very tasty Brian, good job.

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  @ChipG3000 · 3 years ago

  Yum! Leftover cranberry sauce is also good on top a bowl of cottage cheese!

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  @hakansoder5279 · 3 years ago

  From this Swede:<br>Not bad Brian. Not bad at all. Good size meatballs. Many recipes calls for golfball-size but you stayed true to original size. <br>About serving. I would never (nor would any swede) ever throw the meatballs into the gravy. It&apos;s a personal preference how much, if any, sauce you&apos;d like on your own plate. And it is fun to dipp your meatballs in the gravy or jam as you see fit on your own plate. But all in all.. Well done..!!

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  @stylebysummer8 · 20 hours ago

  I just made these. Omg, they are divine!

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  @TheBiscuitFactory · 3 years ago

  IKEA SWEDISH MEATBALLS are why me and my gf go to look at furniture. “ITS LIKE A REWARD.”

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  @misterpeanut718 · 3 years ago

  “as the weather gets more chillsom…”<br><br>Cries in 90F heatwave for the next few days in SoCal

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  @DavidBjörnfot · 3 years ago

  This is a great recipe, but the thing with Swedish Meatballs is that here in Sweden, everyone (yes) has their own way of doing it or favorite version of how others make them.<br><br>I&apos;d say this is very close to how we like them, although a bit bigger than how they would be served here. IKEA is a good reference for that actually. Also, the oven method is becoming more popular, but most still prefer to make them in cast iron and then when they´re done, make the sauce in the same pan to use all the fats released in the frying process.<br><br>My own rendition has concentrated beef stock in them, as well as spicy mustard and egg. No dairy in them though. Also, one neat trick is to finely dice half the onion and frying them, while finely grating the other half and adding it raw. This way you get different layers of onion, which I like.<br><br>But, once again, great recipe, and I hope more people will try making this themselves!

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  @Welldunn · 1 year ago

  I just watched a video from Alex @frenchguycooking when he visited a Swedish cook in Sweden for a Swedish meatball recipe and the chef said it several times that no matter what you do Swedish people will find something they don’t like about your meatballs because they don’t do this or that or my mother or grandmother don’t do that. This is coming from a renowned chef in Sweden saying Swedish people are very picky about their meatballs. Don’t take it personally

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